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DROP THE PARACHUTE?

JAMES RICHARDS takes a look at the pluses and minuses of parachute payments – and suggests a possible solution…

WITH Reading manager Jaap Stam reportedly being in favour of abolishing Premier League parachute payments, I decided to take a look at the arguments for and against their existence in the top two tiers of the English game as well as some of the potential consequences of their removal.
This season, a team being relegated out of the English Premier League will receive an estimated sum of somewhere between £87 and £92 million over three seasons, unless ...

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